This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Lewis County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued July 22 at 12:24AM CDT until July 22 at 3:30AM CDT by NWS Nashville TN
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Giles, TN; Lawrence, TN; Wayne, TN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 1,257,051 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
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Interactive affected-area map
Giles, TN; Lawrence, TN; Wayne, TN · ≈ 2,000 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS OHX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 SE Hermitage, TN
Flash flooding Tulip Grove and Central Pike. Via Social Media.
- Storm report NWS OHX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SSE Antioch, TN
Flash flooding, I-24 and Bell Road.
- Bulletin NWS Nashville TN
Flash Flood Warning issued
Giles, TN; Lawrence, TN; Wayne, TN
- News WataugaOnline.com
Flood Watch including Watauga & Ashe through Wednesday July 22, 2026
Show 3 earlier updates
- Patriot Publishing LLC News
- New River Valley News News
- WSMV News
1 rescued after vehicle crashes off road, becomes ‘entangled’ in downed trees in Giles County
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.